Many civil rights groups, trade bodies and companies, including Google, Amazon, Cisco Systems, Apple and Twitter, have filed briefs in a federal court to back Microsoft’s move to prevent the indiscriminate use by US law enforcement of orders that force companies not to inform their users about requests for their data. Under the Stored Communications Act, a part of the Electronic Communications …
The plaintiffs and the defendants in the ongoing Sandy Hook Elementary School gun lawsuit continue to pursue their respective, but divergent, legal goals in the state Superior Court case. The plaintiffs want to obtain detailed information from the defendants about the marketing of the semiautomatic rifle that a gunman used to kill 20 first graders and six educators at the school in …
EMPLOYEES AT storage manufacturer Seagate are suing the company after a senior HR executive fell for a phishing scam earlier this year resulting in tax information on thousands of employees being exposed. A class-action lawsuit was filed in July at Northern California District Court accusing Seagate of malpractice and a lack of regard for employees through negligent data management. Which is a …
Facebook Inc. defeated a bid for a group lawsuit claiming the company illegally gave its users’ personal information to advertisers, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs didn’t have enough in common to pursue a class action. Facebook users accused the social network of “automatically and surreptitiously” disclosing to advertisers information about them when they clicked on ads. …
The popular social media platform Snapchat faces allegations by two Illinois users that it stores information that makes them susceptible to identity theft. The class action complaint filed May 23 by Jose Luis Martinez and Malcolm Neal in the Superior Court of California against Snapchat Inc. alleges that the multimedia service provider violated the Illinois …
Last week, a federal judge in Florida refused to dismiss a privacy lawsuit brought by New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul against ESPN for showing readers a copy of the NFL superstar’s medical chart revealing an amputated right finger. At the time of the decision, the judge’s analysis wasn’t immediately available, but on Monday, U.S. District Court judge Marcia Cooke issued a …
SAN DIEGO & RIVERHEAD, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shareholder rights law firm Robbins Arroyo LLP announcesthat a class action lawsuit has been filed against Suffolk Bancorp (NYSE: SCNB) in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, County of Suffolk. The complaint is brought on behalf of shareholders of Suffolk for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the acquisition of the …
Fitbit is facing a class-action lawsuit regarding the accuracy of their heart-rate data, which have been shown to be inaccurate by a margin of up to 20 beats per minute by researchers at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. This news risks sending back to the drawing board many of us who have been optimistically experimenting with biotelemetry. We’ve been asked about the lawsuit nearly …
A US district judge has rejected a proposed $100 million settlement in a pair of class action lawsuits filed in California and Massachusetts, saying the proposed settlement was neither fair nor adequate. “The settlement, mutually agreed by both sides, was fair and reasonable,” said Uber in a statement. “We’re disappointed in this decision and are taking a look at our options.”
Lawyers dream about doing little to no work and getting paid a fortune for the work they didn’t do. A group of hotshot securities lawyers recently was on the verge of just such a payday. They stood to collect $370,000 in legal fees for work that didn’t benefit their clients one iota.